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We’re All In This Together: Episodes 5 & 6 Released!

We are so excited to announce the release of two new episodes of We're All In This Together! Episode 5: Author Conversations with Louise Penny Click here to view the episode! Join us for this rare and intimate interview with New York…

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We’re All In This Together: Two New Episodes!

As we start the new year, we’re celebrating the release of We’re All In This Together’s first two episodes! Episode one features mother and daughter-in-law duo, Hainya Wiseman and Linda. Check out this charming video and learn how…

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Director’s Message – December, 2020

Guy Rodgers with Rob Lutes filming for We're All In This Together SENIORS Project Photo by: Bobbi-Jo Hart This has been a grindingly tough year, and few of us will be unhappy to see 2020 vanish in the rear-view mirror. Vaccines…

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SENIORS project: We’re All in This Together

The first two episodes of We're All in This Together were filmed in the last week of November and will soon be on-line at ELAN’s new YouTube channel. The opening episode is about baking holiday cookies and the second episode is a Holiday Concert…

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.